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8-Letter Words That Start With: PYR

There are 35 8-letter words, 0 8-letter phrases and 0 8-letter abbr's that start with PYR.

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pyrolyze8
25 verbv
verb

• To undergo pyrolysis.

• To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat.

pyrolize8
22 verbv
Valid word for Scrabble US
pyrexial8
20 adjectiveadj
Valid word for Scrabble US
pyroxene8
20 adverb, nounadv, n
noun

• any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks

pyrexias8
20 nounn
noun

• a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

pyriform8
18 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Pear-shaped

pyrrhics8
18 nounn
adjective

• of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece

• of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables

• of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)

noun

• a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

• an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

pyrology8
17 nounn
Valid word for Scrabble US
pyruvate8
16 nounn
noun

• A salt or ester of pyruvic acid.

pyramids8
16 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

• (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

verb

• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

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